Mine Index 4113 L. and M. Coal Company, L. and M. Mine

Mine Index Number: 4113

Company Name:	L. and M. Coal Company
Mine Name:	L. and M. Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	December 1949
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	16
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:
The mine was later partially surface-mined by the Ridge Top Mine (mine index 6804).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 4E

29

SE SW SE Not shown on accompanying map due to later surface mining.

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

29

SE SW SE Not shown on accompanying map due to later surface mining.

Geology

		Thickness (ft)
Seam	Depth (ft)	Min	Max	Ave	Mining Method

Springfield

22-80

4.0-4.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Brown and Roberts According to various source maps (dated 1939 to 1942), this mine was known as Crab Orchard Valley Coal Company. (add)	Brown and Roberts (add)	1934-1947 Idle 1943-1947	26,745

H. L. Pyles, Carrier Mills Coal Company (add)	Carrier Mills (add)	1948-1948	6,410

Producers Slope Coal Company (add)	Producers Slope (add)	1948-1948	853

L. and M. Coal Company (add)	L. and M. (add)	1949-1949	1,000 Production after map date.

Total Production: 35,008

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_1440_01

1-6-1949

1:1200

1:1200

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.

State archive map, IL_1440_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, seam.